Dane's 2021-2022 season sees his return to Opera Memphis as the tortured Canio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. He makes a return to Opera in the Heights to debut the title role of Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore, he will debut Verdi's Messa da Requiem as a guest soloist at his alma mater Butler University, and will reprise Scalia in Derrick Wang's Scalia/Ginsburg with Penn Square Music Festival. Dane was also featured in concert with his wife at Il Cenacolo Club of San Francisco in August.